* Don’t confuse used to + infinitive with be/get used to (+ verb -ing) which means “be/become accustomed to”:

I used to exercise every morning. (= I exercised every mỏning at a time in the past.)

He wasn’t used to living on his own. (= He wasn’t accustomed to it.)

We are getting used tothe new technology. (= We are becoming accustomed to it.)

2. PAST HABITS

Both forms describe actions which happened regularly in the past but no longer happen (or vice versa) or now happen with more or less frequency:

Jack used to wake up early every Monday. (Now he doesn’t .)

We would get up early every Sunday to go to church. (We don’t now.)

To avoid confusion with other uses of would, we usually mention the past time or situation:

I would talk him about the scholarship in the days before he passed his test.

3. PAST STATES

We use “used to” to describe past states which have changed:

Lithuania used to be part of the Soviet Union. (It isn’t now.)

There didn’t use to be any crime around here in the old days. (There is now.)

* We cannot use would for past states:

France would be a monarchy, but now it’s a republic. (Wrong)

France used to be a monarchy, but now it’s a republic. (Correct)

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